The GMC has been able to spend unlimited funds on its own lawyers thanks to the metaphorical blank cheque handed to it. We don’t have that luxury and it’s important we are able to pay our lawyers for their hard work. www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-mi...

We would not want to think the College had had the wool pulled over its head by nuances of wording, so we would welcome clarification from the RCP as to the exact terminology that was used in the answer given to Professor Kar’s question.

Did Mr Massey tell the RCP that the GMC would "accept" College scope for PAs, or "utilise" it? A commitment to “utilise” rather than “adopt” would mean GMC having regard to, but not consider itself bound to or committed to enforce, such guidance. anaesthetistsunited.com/what-exactly...

Hi @assocanaes.bsky.social when did this happen please? When did we start admitting AAs to an association of anaesthetists? Were the membership balloted before this change? Does @assocanaes.bsky.social approve/endorse AAs? @bma.org.uk @anaesunited.bsky.social

#WAMM2025 registration is now open! wamm2025.com/registration If you’re not a member of DAS as yet, please join now for a lower WAMM registration fee. www.das.uk.com/das-membership @dasresidents.bsky.social @ravib.bsky.social @sajay70.bsky.social @gunjeet99.bsky.social @ProEllenO.bsky.social

This is a reasonable summary but I have concerns. Anaesthetists are worried and I'm not sure they're being listened to. A response: www.linkedin.com/posts/abhijo...

Confession: I LOVE hyponatremia 🤓 (I know, I know. What can I say, I'm a true internist!) HypoNa is often feared, maligned, and misunderstood - but I promise it doesn't have to be scary! Here are my top 10 hyponatremia tips and tricks - a 🧵 #emimcc

A close-up view of Jupiter’s famous Great Red Spot Credit:NASA

I consider myself an isolate. A shy gay needy teenager who "blossomed" into a problem drinking, gambling addicted, quiz loving comedian. This is my tale, and hopefully it's full of surprises. Not a cheesy celeb story. www.penguin.co.uk/books/456343...

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When junior colleagues start off by saying "this is probably a stupid question but..." it invariably turns out to be an EXCELLENT question

I’m worried sick about patient safety as highly trained clinicians are replaced by 2yr-trained associates. Does this make me a “social media rabble”? Or is the “be kind” movement being cynically weaponised? Those monitoring my posts, put this on the agenda for the meeting you’ve asked me to attend.

My longest lasting love/hate relationship. We've been seeing each other on and off for nearly 20 years now.

Add a lovely trip to the dump to this list. The sorting, the order, the clearing of clutter

I have now treated 8 colleagues from my own hospital, including major emergencies like cardiac arrest. They ALL regretted how much they’d been working and resolved to reduce stress The most recent said “I don’t want to be the hardest working doctor in the graveyard” Been thinking about that one

A victory for patient safety: our case against the GMC over their failure to properly regulate Associates is now heading straight to the High Court! The Court ruled it raises serious issues of importance for patients & professionals, and he granted permission and expedition. bit.ly/AUgoahead

A good week for Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA). St George's University Hospitals have been re-accredited for the third time! Many congratulations to the hardworking and dedicated anaesthesia team. ow.ly/gZ9z50UHvQG

⚠️ Bleomycin & anaesthesia⚠️ Do you know what precautions are required in patients who have been exposed to bleomycin? Exposure to high FiO2 at any time post-bleomycin exposure may trigger life-threatening pneumonitis. @DrSusannahP.bsky.social #AnSky #MedSky #OncSky https://buff.ly/42enyI9

Goodnight my beautiful 🦋 friends. Have a safe and sound sleep tonight,that is if your life allows it of course. Hopefully we wake again for another round in the morning. Some trees to help you sleep... 😴 #Trees #ForTheLoveOfTrees #Lovetrees #Peace #Love #Nature #Treepower #EastCoastKin ✌️🫶🌳

Utterly pathetic Boycott. Now

lots of devastation and negativity on the feed today. i know this won’t solve anything, but maybe it’ll make someone smile and just forget for a small moment. the beauty of the cosmos 🌌

Meet the destroyer HMS Glowworm. In April 1940 she was forced to fight the German Heavy Cruiser Admiral Hipper, ten times her size, and Hipper's destroyer escorts. Her extraordinary last stand earned her captain the first Victoria Cross of WW2. In part because THE GERMANS nominated him for one /1 🧵

This is the tallest mountain in the Solar System, Olympus Mons on Mars. It is over 21.9 km (13.6 mi or 72,000 ft) high.

All Health Secretaries need a cynical and jaded doctor sat with them at the table to say “Are you fucking mental?” when their aspirational SPADs, careerist medics and civil servants (with little to no background in the service) puke up their latest wheeze for their consideration.

The average age of death for homeless people in the UK is 47 for men and 43 for women, compared to 79.5 for men and 83.1 for women in the general population. Makes you proud to be British, eh? If like me you don't find this acceptable, consider donating to Shelter UK. www.shelter.org.uk

It’s never a good sign when I have an opportunity to post this exceptional public health graphic.

Preparing Teicoplanin is like dropping a mentos in a bottle of equatorial cola. On a related note, I received this email some years ago. Made me smile then and am giggling whilst reminded of it now…. 1/3

Posting because doctors need to know this stuff

Terrifying... amp.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Wtf? #AnSky #MedSky #obgynsky

@orthopodreg.bsky.social fyi

I loved Bill Bailey’s response to Alanis Morrisette’s song Ironic. It’s not ironic. It’s just bad luck. The only way rain on your wedding day is ironic is if your fiancé is a weatherman and he chose the day. Superb.

It was all food but Some medical leaders have accepted “compromises”, charitably under duress, to keep the NHS lights on The latter is solely the job of @NHSEngland & @DHSCgovuk, not clinicians Unless we realise this collectively, nationalised healthcare is over for professionals & patients in 🇬🇧

For Canadians, once you're in the hospital, the province takes care of the bill. No one in Canada has ever declared bankruptcy because of hospital bills. America is, in fact, alone in this regard.

Take note UK. Value, really value, our NHS. Bankruptcy due to the misfortune of needing medical care is something none of us know, or need to know, how to worry about.

I'm cleaning my P3 respirator tomorrow.

Correction: “The walls were painted by an anaesthetist who wanted to give patients something to look at while they waited for their surgeon to send a valid group and save.”

So for New Year's day I'm going to scribble down a food history story I've been thinking about for a while How could Japanese Curry Ramen and Southern Indian Idiyappam (string hopper) possibly have anything in common? A thread..1/🧵

This was a very bad pneumonia.

Great anecdote here from former FT editor Richard Lambert on the time Manmohan Singh came to the FT to talk with him and Martin Wolf. H/T @andymukherjee70.bsky.social

This is a good read #AnSky from @djoll.bsky.social

Watching different NHS organisations declaring major incident and business continuity plans tonight…

The Unseen Anaesthetist: Trust is the foundation of anaesthetic care ➡️ www.metajournal.com/blog/114/the...

Thank you Daniel. This is an excellent piece. Shame it didn’t get published. Would have been particularly appropriate for The Age to run this as a letter to balance their recent coverage.

Welcome to universe

The thing about the damning House Ethics report on Matt Gaetz, in which he is credibly accused of statutory rape and sex trafficking, is that Speaker Johnson tried to bury the report and prevent the public from ever learning about it.

It is remarkable how the focus on handwashing in public places has persisted despite us learning years ago that the virus is airborne.